Tuesday, May 08, 2007

More blaming the victim--and yes, the victim is female

Maia of Alas, a blog, has a post about how the police in New Zealand respond to the dreadful fact that some of their number rape female citizens. You can probably guess the content, but here it is.

There is also some commentary as to whether the "feminist-only thread" plug-in is working. One man was polite enough to mention that, because the plug-in was not working, his comment went online. "I do not identify as a feminist," he explains.

It still gives me chills to hear someone say that. But at least some people are honest enough to state boldly that they do not think women should have social, political and economic equality with men.